Saturday, May 13, 2017

Final Results 2016 – World Championship Punkin Chunkin

The final results for the 2016 World Championship Punkin Chunkin were recently posted on their website. Because the accident happened during the final 3rd round of the Adult Air Cannon competition, and that chunk round was not completed, none of the chunks from that round were counted in the final results.

PunkinChunkin.com:2016 Results -- here are some of the notable results...

Adult Air Cannons

Machine Name

Chunk 1

Chunk 2

1st

American Chunker Inc

3338.82

4305.82

2nd

Big 10 Inch

pie

3866.58

3rd

Please Release Me

3257.27

3864.48

Adult Trebuchet

Machine Name

Chunk 1

Chunk 2

Chunk 3

1st

Colossal Thunder

2214.59

pie

2625.87

2nd

Yankee Seige II

1860.15

2603.63

1643.53

3rd

Punkin Hammer

pie

2509.44

1591.15

Youth Trebuchet

Machine Name

Chunk 1

Chunk 2

Chunk 3

1st

Stomach Virus

-

1171.55

-

2nd

Troop Six Shooter II

333.57

415.22

-

3rd

Harbuz

133.09

179.75

205.6

10 and Under Trebuchet

Machine Name

Chunk 1

Chunk 2

Chunk 3

1st

Pumpkin Pirates

434.22

466.64

550.43

2nd

Pop Pops Machine

325.15

499.16

230.46

3rd

Super Ray Trebuchet

97.89

219.53

227.7

Adult Human Power

Machine Name

Chunk 1

Chunk 2

Chunk 3

1st

Shooda Noed Beter

2343.42

2287.84

1870.2

2nd

Chunkster

1432.67

1580.85

1676.42

3rd

Genes Machine

backfire

991.02

1434.95

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History lesson

The Colossal Thunder trebuchet team from Oklahoma have the current world record for a trebuchet, but with an asterisk. Their record throw of 3,288.6* feet in the Adult Trebuchet division was recorded in October, 2015 at the WCPC sanctioned punkin chunk in Aurora, Colorado, Punkin Chunkin Colorado, which is held at an elevation above 5,000 feet. Therefore two records are listed, with Yankee Siege II holding the closer to sea level record of 2835.81 feet, set in 2013, for an Adult Trebuchet.